Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Aims & Scope

Geoarchaeology is an interdisciplinary journal published six times per year (in January, March, May, July, September and November).

It presents the results of original research at the methodological and theoretical interface between archaeology and the geosciences and includes within its scope: interdisciplinary work focusing on understanding archaeological sites, their environmental context, and particularly site formation processes and how the analysis of sedimentary records can enhance our understanding of human activity in Quaternary environments.

Manuscripts should examine the interrelationship between archaeology and the various disciplines within Quaternary science and the Earth Sciences more generally, including, for example: geology, geography, geomorphology, pedology, climatology, oceanography, geochemistry, geochronology, and geophysics.

We also welcome papers that deal with the biological record of past human activity through the analysis of faunal and botanical remains and palaeoecological reconstructions that shed light on past human-environment interactions.

The journal also welcomes manuscripts concerning the examination and geological context of human fossil remains as well as papers that employ analytical techniques to advance understanding of the composition and origin or material culture such as, for example, ceramics, metals, lithics, building stones, plasters, and cements.

Such composition and provenance studies should be strongly grounded in their geological context through, for example, the systematic analysis of potential source materials.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8307

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2298

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	1.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.685

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	56

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Short contribution: Nile flow failure at the end of the Old Kingdom, Egypt: Strontium isotopic and petrologic evidence

  Citation: 181

  Authors: Jean‐Daniel, Michael D., Robert A., Jamie C.

• Paleolithic burnt bone horizons from the Swabian Jura: Distinguishing between <i>in situ</i> fireplaces and dumping areas

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Solveig, Paul, Hans‐Ulrich, Nicholas J.

• The evolution of Paleoindian geochronology and typology on the Great Plains

  Citation: 109

  Authors: Vance T.

• Environmental catastrophe in the Pacific Islands around A.D. 1300

  Citation: 109

  Authors: Patrick D.

• An ethnoarchaeological study of chemical residues in the floors and soils of Q'eqchi' Maya houses at Las Pozas, Guatemala

  Citation: 98

  Authors: Fabián G., Richard E., Takeshi, Markus

• A reconstruction of Quaternary pluvial environments and human occupations using stratigraphy and geochronology of fossil‐spring tufas, Kharga Oasis, Egypt

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Jennifer R., Robert, Henry P., Mary M. A., Maxine R., Alicia L., Charles S.

• Darwin would be proud: Bioturbation, dynamic denudation, and the power of theory in science

  Citation: 94

  Authors: D. L.

• Solving archaeological problems using techniques of soil magnetism

  Citation: 94

  Authors: Rinita A., Subir K.

• Identification of lime plaster in prehistory using petrographic methods: A review and reconsideration of the data on the basis of experimental and case studies

  Citation: 92

  Authors: Panagiotis

• Quantitative phosphorus measurement: A field test procedure for archaeological site analysis at Piedras Negras, Guatemala

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Richard E., Sheldon D., Jared, Jacob, Perry J., Mark W., Stephen D.

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